GST Revenue collection for November, 2019

₹ 1,03,492 crore gross GST revenue collected in the month of November, 2019

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of November, 2019 is ₹ 1,03,492 crore of which CGST is ₹ 19,592 crore, SGST is ₹ 27,144 crore, IGST is ₹ 49,028 crore (including ₹ 20,948 crore collected on imports) and Cess is ₹ 7,727 crore (including ₹ 869 crore collected on imports). The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of October up to 30th November, 2019 is 77.83 lakh.

The government has settled ₹ 25,150 crore to CGST and ₹ 17,431 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. The total revenue earned by Central Government and the State Governments after regular settlement in the month of November, 2019 is ₹ 44,742 crore for CGST and ₹ 44,576 crore for the SGST.

After two months of negative growth, GST revenues witnessed an impressive recovery with a positive growth of 6% in November, 2019 over the November, 2018 collections. During the month, the GST collection on domestic transactions witnessed a growth of 12%, highest during the year. The GST collection on imports continued to see negative growth at (-)13%, but was an improvement over last month’s growth of (-) 20%. This is the eighth time since the inception of GST in July 2017 that monthly collection has crossed the mark of Rs one lakh crore. Also, November 2019 collection is the third highest monthly collection since introduction of GST, next only to April 2019 and March 2019 collections.

The chart shows trends in revenue during the current year.

RM/KMN

GST revenue growth: November showed recovery with positive year on year receipts and stronger domestic collection performance. Gross GST collections for November 2019 comprised central, state, integrated and cess components with noted contributions from CGST, SGST, IGST (including import collections) and Cess; the statement records the number of GSTR 3B returns filed and the regular IGST settlements to CGST and SGST resulting in specified post settlement receipts for Central and State Governments. November showed year on year positive growth after two months of decline, with domestic collections growing markedly and import collections improving though remaining negative.